ebonymovies Chapter 542 Breakthrough of the Transmission NPU
Chapter 542 Breakthrough of the Transmission NPU
With the breakthrough of the new immersion DUV lithography machine, mainland China has gained absolute dominance in the contract manufacturing field, while others are simply following suit.
At this moment, Wei Zhejia was a little scared. After all, he had just taken this position and TSMC was facing such a crisis. How was he going to explain this to Morris Chang?
So he quickly took the report and went to the chairman's office.
It's no wonder he's in such a hurry. After all, MStar Group has brought out its complete 14nm technology. Although the manufacturing process is definitely not something that can be solved by a single lithography machine, solving the other problems with the lithography machine makes things much easier...
Moreover, 14nm and 10nm processes are advanced now, and will become mainstream processes in the future...
For products like lenses and automotive chips, even in five years, the market demand will only increase, not decrease.
Once immersion DUVs are mass-produced, it will definitely be a bad thing for them.
"Impossible, right? Using double exposure to produce 14nm chips, the yield rate shouldn't be up to par, right?"
When Wei Zhejia arrived at the chairman's office, Zhang Zhongmou had already summoned a group of engineers.
One of them was already deceiving himself, still clinging to that sliver of hope...
We still believe this production line is the MStar 14C, which is CSOT's unique quadruple exposure production line...
"They even broadcast it on the evening news, so they must have met the quality standards before they dared to say they were accepting orders."
"The mainland has always been steady in its actions; it would never discuss something on CCTV if it wasn't certain."
These words silenced the room once again, which was also their biggest worry.
"Oh dear, but they didn't offer a price this time."
"Don't worry about the price quote, we can just buy a few units, right? And if we buy in bulk, we might even be able to negotiate the price..."
"The equipment that can help us solve the 14nm process and reach the world's advanced level is definitely not that cheap."
They won't be selling them at rock-bottom prices anymore.
The moment Wei Zhejia, the CEO, opened his mouth, everyone present became serious…
After all, TSMC hasn't had an easy time these past two years either. Due to certain shocks, their revenue has been halved compared to 2012...
This is only because Transsion has not developed a mature manufacturing process; otherwise, their situation would be even more difficult.
Morris Chang, who had remained silent while seated at the head of the table, observed the reactions of the crowd and then spoke:
"Mr. Wei, send a team to make contact first and take a look at the specific parameters and price."
Additionally, we should immediately assess how much this will benefit our 16nm and 12nm processes, and also see which production lines can pre-install it...
"We've already fallen behind Transsion in 14nm, but we must surpass Sanson."
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Meanwhile, at Intel headquarters, engineers were already cursing.
After all, they are currently one of only two companies in the world capable of solving the 14nm problem, although the 12nm process is still being refined...
However, the theoretical performance of 14nm has already caught up with that of 12nm...
But for some reason, the 12nm process has been plagued with production delays, and soon we won't even see the tail of the transceiver anymore...
If Transsion suddenly sells lithography machines at this time, it would be a huge boon for them...
As for so-called national security or business security, that has nothing to do with these engineers; all they know is that they can take a vacation.
No need to work overtime!
Meanwhile, CEO Pat Kissinger looked at the analysis report submitted by the technology department, his feelings were particularly complicated.
On the one hand, he was wary of China's rapid technological breakthroughs and worried that Transsion's CPUs could really catch up with Intel.
On the other hand, he was really envious of the cost advantage of this equipment.
After all, if they could actually introduce one, its low power consumption would definitely change the energy consumption problem of the existing 14nm process, and might even solve the energy consumption problem of the 12nm and 10nm processes. At that time, Intel would have a leading advantage.
"TSMC and SanSang have both betrayed us. If we switch sides, ASML will really have no orders, and the higher-ups will definitely not let us make purchases."
"Opposition is opposition, business is business." Kissinger tapped the table, his eyes still blazing with anger.
"We were never in the first tier of ASML's lithography machines before, and we often had to wait a long time to get the equipment..."
If we keep waiting for them, when will we ever have enough money? We can't just keep waiting."
The vice president nodded in agreement. Queuing was indeed a sore topic, but the American side was also having a real headache.
After all, that person is almost driven crazy by the telepathic communication, and he will absolutely not agree to allow the relevant equipment to enter the American market.
"Make contact secretly first, don't make a fuss, check the price and delivery time, and if it's suitable, place an order first."
At worst, we can report it to the higher-ups and say it's for mature manufacturing.
Pat Kissinger explained it very clearly.
Sanctions are a matter for the higher-ups, making money is a matter for the companies. Only a fool wouldn't take advantage of a good deal.
Moreover, the higher-ups should now realize that sanctioning Transsion is completely ineffective and will only accelerate their progress; cooperation is the future.
As for Asmail, he also sent a team to China...
This time they must reach a cooperation agreement, and what kind of cooperation? Of course, it's a price monopoly cooperation.
Since they couldn't win in a fight, they had no choice but to join.
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While various companies were sending their professional negotiation teams to each other regarding the next-generation lithography machine, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) stated that this was just the beginning...
The new Pac-Man mode is about to begin, are you all ready?
Just as he was about to take action, a soft knock sounded on the door.
"Enter."
Li Jiahui pushed open the door and came in, still wearing that familiar white coat, holding an encrypted folder in his hand.
Judging from his excited expression, Shen Fei realized that this was definitely not a problem, but a breakthrough in a new project, though he didn't know in what area.
Is it Taishan 930, or the second-generation Taishan architecture...?
"Mr. Shen, it's done."
Shen Fei glanced at him with a smile: "What time is it? Why are you still keeping me in suspense? Which project has been approved?"
Is it an NPU?
Upon hearing this answer, Li Jiahui chuckled...
"Boss, you're amazing!"
"We just made a breakthrough here, and you already guessed it."
After saying that, he quickly picked up the test report and handed it over:
"The first generation of Taishan chip fabrication was successful, with all parameters meeting the standards, even better than we expected."
He pointed to the core data in the report: "Currently, we are using the Taishan 2.0 computing power architecture, with an integer computing power of 5 TOPS. Compared to Apple's latest A7 neural network engine, its overall combat power is four times that of Apple."
Power consumption is our strength; thanks to our leading self-developed architecture, we only consume half of theirs.
Hearing this, Shen Fei finally showed a satisfied smile.
He advocated stopping the first-generation NPU architecture, since the first-generation architecture was inferior to Apple's products, and after adopting the 14nm process, its performance was only three-quarters of that of the A7.
He even flew into a rage at the time...
It seems that the necessary tapping did indeed have an effect.